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Thousands Flock to See Wayward Whales

Sunday, May 20, 2007 4:26:48 AM
By AARON C. DAVIS

Spectators line the shore around the Port of Sacramento as one of two humpback whales surfaces Friday, May 18, 2007 in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sherry LaVars, POOL)WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Thousands of spectators watched Saturday as two wayward whales swam looping half-mile laps around the Port of Sacramento after declining earlier efforts to lure them into the Pacific Ocean.

Crowds shrieked every time they caught a glimpse of the humpback mother and calf, dubbed Delta and Dawn by the state's lieutenant governor.

"I see it, I see it, I see it," screamed 4-year-old Eliyas Charles, wide-eyed and pointing at the water from atop his grandfather's shoulders. "That black spot was the whale. I can see it."


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